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5114
TORAH ANTHOLOGY
CULI, YAAKOV, RABBI
STANLEY R. BRAV
CLASSICAL IN-DEPTH COMMENTARY ON THE HAGGADAH BY THE GREAT EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SEPHARDIC SCHOLAR. THIS VOLUME DEALS WITH PASSOVER PREPARATIONS, THE PASSOVER STORY, THE ORDER OF THE RITUALS FOR THE SEDER NIGHT, THE FOUR CUPS, THE HAGGADAH, THE FOUR QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS, AND THE REASONS FOR THE SYMBOLIC FOODS. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW.
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242
A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
SCHONFIELD, DR. HUGH J.
LEHRMAN, V.
A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL BOOK BY A TRANSLATOR OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS WHICH PRESENTS A NEW THEORY ON THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS. © 1965
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3490
AFIKOMAN IN EXILE
FREDMAN, RUTH GRUBER
JACOB & LILLIAN VENGER
A SCHOLARLY DISSERTATION OF THE SYMBOLS, RITUALS AND SEQUENCES USED IN THIS JEWISH HOLIDAY MEAL, CELEBRATING THE ISRAELITE EXODUS FROM ANCIENT EGYPT.
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4965
SHABTAI, YAAKOV
NORMA FLASTER
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL HEBREW, THIS WORK RECOUNTS THE EMOTIONAL DECAY OF A FAMILY IN MODERN ISRAEL.
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5149
SHABTAI, YAAKOV
LYNN HIMMELFARB
MEIR, AN ENGINEER LIVING IN TEL AVIV, DISCOVERS HE HAS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND IS CONVINCED OF HIS IMPENDING DEATH. THE NOVEL ILLUSTRATES THE INEVITABLE AND CORROSIVE EFFECTS OF TIME.
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4987
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVING JEWISH SPIRITUAL TRADITION
SHEINKIN, DAVID, M.D.
GERALDINE SHENKIN
THIS WORK INTRODUCES JEWS AND NON-JEWS TO THE ORIGINS, HISTORY, PRINCIPLES, SYMBOLISM, LANGUAGE, AND DISCIPLINES OF JEWISH SPIRITUALITY AND MYSTICISM.
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3715
BERMANT, CHAIM
HILDY BERLIN
A JEWISH FAMILY SAGA CENTERING ON NAHUM RAEBURN (NE RABINOVITZ), WHO ARRIVES IN GLASGOW IN THE LATE 1800S FROM VOLKOVYSK, RUSSIA. THE NARRATIVE FOLLOWS NAHUM'S RISE AS A SHIPPING MAGNATE, THE LOSS OF HIS FORTUNE, AND HIS SLOW ROAD BACK TO SUCCESS IN ANOTHER FIELD.
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5775
A TRUE STORY
ROTH, PHILIP
THIS MEMOIR TAKES THE FORM OF A KADDISH TO THE AUTHOR'S DECEASED FATHER. ROTH DETAILS HIS FATHER'S LIFE AND DESCRIBES HIS SLOW DEATH FROM A BRAIN TUMOR AS ROTH IS FORCED TO STAND HELPLESSLY AT HIS SIDE.
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8519
KUMIN, MAXINE
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
THE BOOK CHARTS AUTHOR'S JOURNEY FROM A CHILDHOOD IN A JEWISH COMMUNITY IN DEPRESSION-ERA PHILADELPHIA, WHERE HER FATHER WAS A PAWNBROKER, TO RADCLIFFE COLLEGE, WHERE SHE COMES INTO HER OWN AS AN INTELLECTUAL AND MEETS THE SOLDIER-TURNED-LOS ALAMOS SCIENTIST WHO WOULD BECOME HER HUSBAND.
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4701
VARIOUS AUTHORS
STANLEY R. BRAV
VARIOUS ARTICLES ON JEWS AND NONVIOLENCE INCLUDING THE ROOTS OF JEWISH NONVIOLENCE, JUDAISM AND PEACEMAKING AND JEWISH VIEWS ON CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS. INCLUDES AN EXPLICATION OF MARTIN BUBER'S 'COVENANT OF PEACE'.
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1180
FERBER, EDNA
RAY BRODY
THE 1939 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE PULITZER-PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR (1885-1968) OF CIMMARON, SHOW BOAT, AND STAGE DOOR, AMONG OTHER WORKS.
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8674
MOLCHADSKY, YAEL
LONDON, ELIZABETH
A delightful retelling of an inspiring folktale, the book teaches the importance of sharing and inclusivity, the beauty of Shabbat and the idea that anyone, regardless of their circumstances, has the right to find joy in the world.
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4132
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
PERMAN, EDITH
A WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN ABANDONS WIFE, MISTRESS AND CAREER TO ASSUME THE ROLE OF A PENITENT (BAAL-TSUVAH) IN ISRAEL.
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562
EPSTEIN, SEYMOUR
MERRILY WALLACH
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES DEALING WITH THE PROBLEMS OF AGING PARENTS, CHILDREN AND DIVORCE, AND THE SEARCH FOR MEANING IN DAILY LIFE. © 1965
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4231
VOLUME 1 GENESIS
LEVY, ISAAC
RABBI STANLEY R.. BRAV
COMMENTARIES ON THE FIRST BOOK OF THE TORAH BY SAMSON RAPHAEL HIRSCH ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND A WORLD RENOWN SCHOLAR.
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1693
A BOOK OF PORTRAITS
HELLMAN, LILLIAN
EVELYN THORNER
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHT; HER SECOND MEMOIR. ©1973
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2932
BUCK, PEARL
ADELE STEIN
A HISTORICALLY TRUE NOVEL ABOUT THE JEWS IN THE HONAN PROVINCE OF CHINA ABOUT A CENTURY AGO, WHEN THE CHINESE HAD ACCEPTED THE JEWS. TODAY EVEN THE MEMORY OF THEIR ORIGIN IS GONE. THEY ARE CHINESE.
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5494
AND UNCOLLECTED STORIES
MALAMUD, BERNARD
LYNN HIMMELFARB
THE NOVEL, 'THE PEOPLE,' UNFINISHED AT THE TIME OF MALAMUD'S DEATH, IS PRESENTED IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION, BUT INCLUDES THE AUTHOR'S NOTES FOR ITS CONCLUSION. IT TELLS THE STORY OF YOZIP BLOOM, AN IMMIGRANT PEDDLER, WHO BECOMES CHIEF OF AN INDIAN TRIBE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE 14 SHORT STORIES.
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8373
PHILOSEMITISM IN ENGLAND, FROM CROMWELL TO CHURCHILL
HIMMELFARB, GERTRUDE
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
THE HISTORY OF JUDAISM HAS FOR TOO LONG BEEN DOMINATED BY THE THEME OF ANTI-SEMITISM. THE HISTORY OF PHILOSEMITISM PROVIDES A CORRECTIVE TO THAT VIEW, A REMINDER OF THE VENERABLE RELIGION AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION FOR NON-JEWS AS WELL AS JEWS.
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4749
OZ, AMOS
ROSALIE ROTTENBACH
WHEN A SON WANTS TO LEAVE THE KIBBUTZ WHERE HE HAS BEEN RAISED, A FAMILY IS THROWN INTO AN UPROAR. THE NOVEL EXPLORES THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THOSE WHO DREAMED ABOUT AN IDEAL SOCIETY IN ISRAEL AND THOSE WHO MUST INHERIT WHAT THEY BUILT.
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3004
PERILOUS SPRING OF MORRIS SEIDMAN
MOLL, ELICK
NAOMI HOFFMAN
THE ADVENTURES OF THE 55 YEAR OLD PROTAGONIST--RETIRED, BORED AND UNHAPPY--TOLD WITH GENTLE HUMOR AND UNDERSTANDING.
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4529
LEVI, PRIMO
CORINNE SHAFTEL
LEVI'S MEMOIR IS ARRANGED IN 21 CHAPTERS NAMED AFTER THE ELEMENTS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE. HE DISCUSSES A WIDE RANGE OF LIFE EVENTS, INCLUDING HIS SEARCH FOR IDENTITY IN ADOLESCENCE AND WAITING FOR DEPORTATION TO AUSCHWITZ.
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6842
PERPETRATORS VICTIMS BYSTANDERS
THE JEWISH CATASTROPHE 1933-1945
HILBERG, RAUL
BERNICE FOERDER
HILBERG EVOKES FOR US THE LIVES OF PERPETRATORS, VICTIMS, AND BYSTANDERS IN THE NAZI MASS MURDER OF JEWS. BY JUXTAPOSING THESE STORIES AND CATEGORIES, AND WHILE KEEPING THEM APPROPRIATELY SEPARATE, HE ENABLES US TO GAIN NEW ACCESS TO WHAT TOOK PLACE. HILBERG HAS GIVEN US A PROFOUND LESSON IN HUMANITY AND INHUMANITY. © 1993
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6926
RABINYAN, DORIT
MARJORIE RAPPOPORT
SET AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY IN A FICTIONAL PERSIAN VILLAGE, THE AUTHOR TELLS THE STORY OF FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD FLORA, PREGNANT AND ABANDONED BY HER HUSBAND AND ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD NAZIE WHO TRIES TO CONSOLE HER. ALTHOUGH THE NARRATIVE SPANS ONLY TWO DAYS, IT BRANCHES OUT AND BACK, ENCOMPASSING THE LIVES OF THE VILLAGE'S INHABITANTS.
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1534
PERSON SHOULDN'T DIE LIKE THAT
GOLDSTEIN, ARTHUR
SUSANNA E. CLARK
AN UNUSUAL MYSTERY IN WHICH A 72 YEAR-OLD MAN, LIVING ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE, DISCOVERS A BODY AND ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE A FRIEND'S DEATH.
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4396
BERLIN, ISAIAH;HARD, HENRY, ED.
SANDERS, ROSE DORSAY & JACK SANDERS
THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY BERLIN EXAMINES 13 IMPORTANT TWENTIETH CENTURY FIGURES, INCLUDING FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT, WINSTON CHURCHILL, CHAIM WEIZMANN AND FELIX FRANKFURTER. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NOEL ANNAN.
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435
PERSONAL LETTERS OF STEPHEN WISE
WISE, JAMES W.; POLIER, JUSTINE WISE
MARION FRACKMAN
A SELECTION OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY RABBI AND ZIONIST LEADER, STEPHEN S. WISE, AND EDITED BY FAMILY MEMBERS. © 1956
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8278
PESACH FOR THE REST OF US
MAKING THE PASSOVER SEDER YOUR OWN
PIERCY, MARCE
ELAINE WOLBRUM
THE BOOK IS NOT INTENDED FOR ORTHODOX JEWS BUT, RATHER, FOR SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS JEWS, "WITH A MODERN SLANT INTO A MORE SATISFYING AND MEANINGFUL WAY TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY." THE AUTHOR OFFERS RECIPES, POEMS, AND BLESSINGS AS SHE DELVES INTO ALL THE RITUALS AND PRACTICES, AND SHE REMINISCES ABOUT THE SEDERS SPENT WITH HER GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
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3229
AN INTRODUCTION
SANDMEL, SAMUEL
A JEWISH SCHOLAR WHO WROTE IN THE CENTURY OF HILLEL, GAMLIEL, JESUS AND PAUL, WHOSE WRITINGS REFLECT A BLEND OF CULTURES AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS.
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5221
STRAUSS, LEO
ELEANOR SCHICK
WRITTEN IN THE 1930S, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE THE DIFFICULTY OF BEING AN OBSERVANT JEW IN THE FACE OF SCIENCE AND REASON.
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5093
UNFOLDING THE LATENT PROCESSES OF HIS REASONING
WOLFSON, HARRY AUSTRYN
IRVING W. KRAMER, DR.
THIS SYSTEMATIC PRESENTATION OF SPINOZA'S PHILOSOPHY IS A COMMENTARY ON EVERY DEFINITION, AXIOM, AND PROPOSITION OF "THE ETHICS" AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL CLIMATE IN WHICH SPINOZA FUNCTIONED. © 1934
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3454
ARICHA, AMOS
EGYPT AND ISRAEL ARE ABOUT TO NEGOTIATE A PEACE TREATY. LIBYA'S RULER DECIDES THAT ISRAELI'S FOREIGN MINISTER MUST BE ASSASSINATED.
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1021
KA-TZETNIK 135633
SALO MINKIN
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL WHICH DESCRIBES THE ANGUISH SUFFERED BY THE AUTHOR IN AUSCHWITZ AND THE INSPIRATION HE DERIVED FROM ISRAEL. THE PROTAGONIST, A REFUGEE FROM THE CAMPS, FINDS PERSONAL SALVATION THROUGH HIS BRIDE, GALILEA, WHO REPRESENTS THE HOPES AND THE PROMISE OF THE HOLY LAND.
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5233
GORDON, NOAH
HELEN DITTUS, RITA LEVINE, JACK SANDERS
THE ADVENTURES OF A CHRISTIAN ORPHAN BOY WHO IS APPRENTICED TO A BARBER-SURGEON AND HIS TREATMENT AS AN OUTSIDER LIVING AMONG JEWS AND MOSLEMS.
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7420
EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY ON ONE MAN
SZPILMAN, WLADYSLAW
BIRNBAUM, ELAINE
THE PIANIST IS BOTH THE STORY OF ONE MAN'S TENACITY IN THE FACE OF DEATH, AND A TESTAMENT TO THE RESILIENCE OF HUMANITY ITSELF. SZPILMAN TELLS OF HIS TRAUMATIZING LIFE DURING THE WAR AND HIS SAVIOR BY A GERMAN OFFICER.
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1785
BARASH, ASHER
MARTHA FORMAN
THE LIFE OF A TRADITIONAL PATRIARCHAL JEWISH FAMILY LIVING IN AN EAST GALICIAN VILLAGE IN POLAND. THE NOVEL DEPICTS THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS TOWN.
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6640
SHAPIRO, DANI
TANYA SHERMAN
AS A RESULT OF A DESTRUCTIVE AFFAIR WITH A PATIENT 30 YEARS AGO, AGING PSYCHOANALYST SOLOMON GROSSMAN LOST BOTH A PRESTIGIOUS JOB AND HIS FAMILY. GROSSMAN RECOGNIZES HIS LONG-LOST SON ON A TV BROADCAST AND THE RESULTING REUNION BETWEEN FATHER AND SON IS AWKWARD, YET MOVING AND INSIGHTFUL. © 1996
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4238
MAILER, NORMAN
VICTOR LOWENSTEIN
STORIES ABOUT LIBIDO AND GLUTTONY, CHARACTER OF STYLE AND THE MYSTERY OF THE ELECTRICITY OF PERSONALITY.
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7791
PYE, MICHAEL
MICHELLE HARBOR
IN THE EARLY 1940S, LUCIA MULLER-ROSSI STOLE "THE PIECES FROM BERLIN" - ART AND ANTIQUES BELONGING TO HER JEWISH NEIGHBORS - AND FLED GERMANY TO BECOME A SUCCESSFUL ANTIQUES DEALER IN ZURICH. FIFTY YEARS LATER, SHE IS EXPOSED WHEN SARAH FREEMAN, A FORMER NEIGHBOR, WALKS BY LUCIA'S SHOP AND RECOGNIZES SOMETHING OF HERS IN THE WINDOW. LUCIA'S ACTIONS HAVE HURT EVERYONE AROUND HER, FROM HER SON NICHOLAS, SHUNNED BY HIS FATHER'S NEW FAMILY, TO SARAH, FORCED TO REVISIT THOSE PAINFUL MEMORIES. INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY.© 2003
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2734
PIED PIPER OF HELFENSTEIN
EDWARD V. MCCARTHY, JR.
E. HALLE
AN ADVENTURE TALE THAT INVOLVES THE SEARCH BY A BOSTON LAWYER FOR THE BENEFICIARY OF A WILL, A SORT OF JEWISH SCARLET PIMPERNEL, WHO SAVED HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN FROM GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS DURING WORLD WAR II.
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4748
TRAITOR OR PATRIOT?
DE CHAMBRUN, RENE
ALTHOUGH LAVAL HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY SYMBOL OF VICHY COLLABORATION DURING WORLD WAR II, THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT LAVAL CONSISTENTLY DELAYED IMPLEMENTATION OF NAZI POLICIES INCLUDING THOSE REGARDING THE JEWS.
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4101
HOBAN, RUSSELL
ELIZABETH KAUFMAN
DURING THE TIME OF THE FIRST CRUSADE, A NEWLY CASTRATED JEW MAKES A PILGRIMAGE TO JERUSALEM TO WITNESS THE FALL OF ANTIOCH.
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3967
ADVENTURES OF A WANDERING JEW
EPSTEIN, PERLE
RUBELLE SCHAFLER
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERY OF SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS THROUGH A REDISCOVERING OF HER JEWISH HERITAGE.
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5504
SHAGAN, STEVE
SPANIER, ROSE
IT IS 1992 AND JERUSALEM AND TEL AVIV ARE TARGETED FOR DESTRUCTION BY LIBYA WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUPPLIED BY PAKISTAN. CAN ISRAEL, WITH THE HELP OF A CIA AGENT WHO IS UNDERGOING HIS OWN CRISIS, STOP THEM?
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7114
CIRESI, RITA
SUSAN WITTY
LISA DIODETTO'S MOTHER WANTS HER TO GET MARRIED, BUT LISA IS NOT YET READY. LOOKING FOR A FRESH START, LISA JOINS THE EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT OF A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AND PROCEEDS, ON COMPANY TIME, TO WRITE A NOVEL THAT POKES FUN AT CORPORATE LIFE. ENTER HER MAIN CHARACTER: EBEN STRAUSS. A MAN OF OLD-FASHIONED MANNERS WHO SHOULD STEER CLEAR OF LISA. OF COURSE, LOGIC AND LOVE RARELY GO HAND IN HAND. IT'S BAD ENOUGH THAT LISA AND STRAUSS HAVE TO KEEP THEIR ENSUING AFFAIR A SECRET FROM EVERYONE AT WORK. BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY KEEP SECRETS FROM EACH OTHER AND TELL LIES TO THEMSELVES? © 1999
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8543
DIM-ST.PIERRE, MICHELLE
RICHARD BERGMAN
IN A TEL-AVIV HOSPITAL SHARON, A YOUNG NURSE, IS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A MARRIED DOCTOR. SHARON'S LIFE IS ULTIMATELY DESTROYED BY POWERFUL MISTAKES. BUT HER COURAGE AND WISDOM LEAD HER TO AN UNREGRETFUL COMMITMENT.
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4606
A NEW LIFE IN THE FAR WEST
ROCHLIN, HARRIET;ROCHLIN, FRED
EDITH FRIEDMAN
THE AUTHORS EXPLORE THE INFLUENCE OF JEWS IN THE AMERICAN FAR WEST FROM THE 16TH CENTURY ON.
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1546
DAYAN, SHMUEL
EDITH SCHMIDT
WRITTEN BY THE FATHER OF GENERAL MOSHE DAYAN, THIS IS A HISTORY OF THE STRUGGLES OF THE EARLY PIONEERS AND THEIR TRIUMPH AGAINST THE SEVERE ODDS IN HELPING TO CARVE A JEWISH HOMELAND IN HOSTILE TERRITORY. PUBLISHED 1961.
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1696
ETHICS OF THE TALMUD (SAYINGS OF THE FATHERS)
HERFORD, R. TRAVERS
STANLEY R. BRAV, RABBI
THE ORIGINAL HEBREW TEXT OF THE TRACTATE AVOT, INCLUDING A TRANSLATION AND SOCIO-HISTORIC COMMENTARY BY A CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR AND AUTHORITY ON THE PHARISAIC AND EARLY TALMUDIC PERIOD. ©1962
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7899
ON MARRIAGE, MOTHERHOOD, FRIENDSHIP, AND OTHER LEAPS OF FAITH
DIAMANT, ANITA
MARCY CHELMOW
THE POPULAR AUTHOR PRESENTS A COLLECTION OF PERSONAL HER NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE COLUMNS. LIKE A JEWISH ANNA QUINDLEN, SHE USES THESE ESSAYS TO DISCUSS UNIVERSAL THEMES OF FAMILY AND RELATIONSHIPS. © 2003
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7703
A HISTORY OF JEWS IN GERMANY 1743-1933
ELON, AMOS
ROBINS, WIN
HISTORY OF GERMAN JEWS FROM 1743-1933 THAT SHOWS HOW PERSECUTED LOWLY JEWS ROSE TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SOCIETY AROUND THEM. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON WELL KNOWN INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS HEINE, ARENDT, AND MENDELSOHN, AND SOME LESSER KNOWN GERMAN JEWS AS WELL. ELON POINTS TO THEIR HIGH RATE OF ASSIMILATION AND INTERMARRIAGE ALONG WITH THEIR DESIRE TO BE BOTH JEWISH AND NATIONAL AT THE SAME TIME AND WHAT LEAD UP TO THE FAILURE OF THAT DREAM.©2002
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8685
PJ LIBRARY
KLEIMAN, ROXANNE
A childrens' haggadah by the PJ Library
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6210
ISRAEL AND THE WORLD
NETANYAHU, BENJAMIN
RITA LEVINE
THE AUTHOR, PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, ANALYZES ISRAEL'S SITUATION IN RELATION TO THE ARAB WORLD AND TO THE WEST. HE CONTENDS THAT THE PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP IS HOSTILE TO ISRAEL'S EXISTENCE.© 1993
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6371
PLACE WHERE YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY
A JEWISH THEOLOGY ON HUMAN RELATIONS
WINKLER, GERSHON; ELIOR, LAMKE BATYA
BETTY SMITH
WINKLER, A RABBI, AND HIS WIFE, ELIOR, A JUDAICA SCHOLAR EXAMINE WHAT JUDAISM HAS TO SAY ABOUT OUR RELATIONSHIPS, WITH GOD, WITH OURSELVES AND WITH OTHERS.© 1994
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6056
STERN, STEVE
STERN BLENDS FANTASY WITH REALISM IN THESE STORIES: A JEWISH COMMUNITY IN MEMPHIS IN WHICH A GROCER'S ASSISTANT CAN TUNE INTO PEOPLE'S DREAMS; A MUSICIAN IS OBSESSED WITH DUPLICATING HOUDINI'S TRICKS DESPITE NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS; AND A YOUNG THIEF REBELS AGAINST HIS HARDWORKING FATHER BY JOINING A TRAVELING CARNIVAL.
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5539
THE KEY TO YOUR SURVIVAL AND PROSPERITY
FERENCZ, BENJAMIN B.; KEYES, KEN, JR
SERENE MEYERS
THE AUTHORS PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE PEOPLE CAN DO TO CREATE PEACE AND PROSPERITY IN THE WORLD.
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3866
ALLEN, WOODY
BERNICE STRAUSS
THE HILARIOUS STAGE HIT ABOUT A SHY WOULD-BE LOVER WHO RECEIVES ADVICE FROM THE GHOST OF HUMPHREY BOGART.
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4915
CANETTI, ELIAS
ROSALIND SCHEER
THE THIRD VOLUME OF CANETTI'S MEMOIRS SET IN VIENNA 1931 TO 1937 IS BOTH A PORTRAIT OF THE TIME AND AN INTELLECTUAL AND SPIRITUAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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5686
SHAPIRO, DANI
HYLA MELNICK
UCY GREENBURG LEAVES HER ORTHODOX JEWISH FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE AND BEGINS AN AFFAIR WITH HER ROOMMATE'S STEPFATHER. HIS INFLUENCE ENABLES HER TO BEGIN A CAREER IN TELEVISION BUT A FAMILY TRAGEDY AND THE END OF THE ROMANCE LEAVES THE 22-YEAR-OLD A SADDER BUT WISER WOMAN.
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7621
SLATER, LEONARD
BEN OLIVER
A STORY OF THE SECRET UNDERGROUND THAT AFTER WWII HELPED ARM THE NEW STATE OF ISRAEL FOR ITS WAR OF INDEPENDENCE.© 2000
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8417
PLEDGES OF JEWISH ALLEGIANCE
CONVERSION, LAW, AND POLICYMAKING IN NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY ORTHODOX RESPONSA
ELLENSON, DAVID & GORDIS, DANIEL
MARIE HOFFMAN
THIS BOOK EXAMINES A WIDE ARRAY OF LEGAL OPINIONS WRITTEN BY NINETEENTH- AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY ORTHODOX RABBIS IN EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, AND ISRAEL.
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8051
ROTH, PHILIP
DIANE LIPMAN
WHAT IF THE RENOWNED AVIATION HERO AND RABID ISOLATIONIST CHARLES A. LINDBERGH DEFEATED ROOSEVELT IN THE 1940 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? ROTH IMAGINES THE IMPACT OF THE RESULTING PRO-HITLER ADMINISTRATION ON AMERICAN JEWS, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF HIMSELF AS A CHILD IN NEW JERSEY. © 2004
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3370
DAVENPORT, ELAINE, EDDY, PAUL
PHYLLIS HOPMAN
THIS BOOK RECONSTRUCTS THE STORY OF THE AMAZING COUP BY THE ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE DIVERTING TO ISRAEL URANIUM FOR 20 NUCLEAR BOMBS.
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8268
OSTRICH FEATHERS, JEWS, AND A LOST WORLD OF GLOBAL COMMERCE
STEIN, SARAH ABREVAYA
BARBARA FEINSTEIN
THE THIRST FOR EXOTIC ORNAMENT AMONG FASHIONABLE WOMEN IN EUROPE AND AMERICA PROMPTED A GLOBAL TRADE IN OSTRICH FEATHERS THAT FLOURISHED FROM THE 1880S UNTIL THE FIRST WORLD WAR. WHEN FEATHERS FELL OUT OF FASHION WITH CONSUMERS, THE RESULT WAS AN ECONOMIC CATASTROPHE FOR MANY. THIS BOOK IS A STORY OF GLOBAL COMMERCE, COLONIAL ECONOMIC PRACTICES, AND THE RISE AND FALL OF A GLAMOROUS LUXURY ITEM.
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1879
POETS, PROPHETS AND SAGES:
ESSAYS IN BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION
GORDIS, ROBERT
LILLIAN SCHAFFER
A COLLECTION OF FIFTEEN ESSAYS VARYING FROM THE GENERAL NATURE OF THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF THE BIBLE TO THE CHARACTER OF SPECIFIC BIBLICAL BOOKS.
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1627
BUBER, MARTIN
DOROTHEA BERNSTEIN
SELECTIONS FROM BUBER'S ESSAYS, WRITTEN BETWEEN 1909 AND 1954. INCLUDES "THE TEACHING OF THE TAO," "GOETHE'S CONCEPT OF HUMANITY," AND "A LETTER TO GANDHI," ALONG WITH MUSINGS ON MUSSOLINI AND HITLER. TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY MAURICE FRIEDMAN. © 1957
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7847
A GIRLHOOD AMONG GAMBLERS
LEDERER, KATY
ELIZABETH LONDON
MEMOIRS OF THE YOUNGEST CHILD IN AN INTELLECTUAL, GAME-HAPPY FAMILY. SHE GROWS UP AS HER MUCH-OLDER SIBLINGS AND PARENTS BECOME PROFESSIONAL GAMBLERS.© 2003
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8255
A NOVEL
MEKLER, EVA
RICHARD BERGMAN
SET IN 1967 NEW YORK, IT IS THE STORY OF JEWISH LAWYER PHILIP LANDAU, CHARGED WITH HANDLING THE ESTATE OF A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, WHEN A WOMAN APPEARS ON HIS DOORSTEP AND IDENTIFIES HERSELF AS THE SURVIVOR'S DAUGHTER, LONG SINCE PRESUMED DEAD. THE SITUATION APPEARS SUSPICIOUS YET PHILIP IS OBLIGATED TO RESEARCH AND EXAMINE HER STORY. IN THE PROCESS HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH HER. IN A TRIP TO POLAND, A NATION RIFE WITH POSTWAR ANTI-SEMITISM, THE TWO OF THEM UNCOVER THE FULL TRUTH THAT WILL FOREVER CHANGE THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
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8047
MIZNER, DAVID
BARBARA FERBER
SPEECHWRITER BEN BERGIN WANTS TO CHANGE THE WORLD, BUT HE CAN BARELY CHANGE HIS CLOTHES. HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE IN POLITICS OR IN LOVE, BUT HE FINDS BOTH AT HIS JOB FOR A NY CONGRESSMAN'S SENATE CAMPAIGN, WHERE HE WRITES "SPONTANEOUS" REMARKS FOR THE CANDIDATE TO USE AND FALLS FOR CALLIOPE BERKOWITZ, HIS LARGE, FORTHRIGHT COWORKER AND FELLOW WISECRACKER. © 2004
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6703
THE PATH OF A HOLOCAUST HISTORIAN
HILBERG, RAUL
ROBERT MESARD
IN THIS DEFENSIVE, DRYLY WRITTEN, SOMETIMES ACRIMONIOUS MEMOIR, HILBERG SETTLES SCORES WITH HIS OPPONENTS, NOTABLY HOLOCAUST HISTORIAN LUCY DAWIDOWICZ, AND DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM HANNAH ARENDT. HE RELIVES PERSONAL MOMENTS OF INTENSE DRAMA, INCLUDING HIS ESCAPE FROM AUSTRIA IN 1939 AND HIS RETURN TO MUNICH AS AN AMERICAN SOLDIER AT WAR'S END. © 1996
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THE ROOSEVELT ADMINSTRATION AND THE HOLOCAUST
FEINGOLD, HENRY L.
JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN
FEINGOLD CHRONICLES THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO THE HOLOCAUST FROM 1938 TO 1945.
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7953
POLLUTION IN A PROMISED LAND
AN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF ISRAEL
TAL, ALON
WIN ROBBINS
ISRAEL'S TREMENDOUS BOOM IN IMMIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE LAST CENTURY HAS CAUSED THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY TO DEVELOP ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ON PAR WITH MANY OTHER NATIONS. AGAINST A BACKDROP OF WATER SHORTAGES, RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND THE PRESERVATION OF ANTIQUITIES, DR. TAL, A LAWYER WITH A DOCTORATE IN PUBLIC HEALTH, PUTS THE ISSUES INTO HISTORICAL CONTEXT. © 2002
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6709
WAYSMAN, DVORA
SILVIA HORENSTEIN
THIS STIRRING SAGA SET AGAINST A BACKDROP OF THE OLD YISHUV, SPANS FOUR GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY OF YEMENITE GOLDSMITHS AT THE VORTEX OF HISTORY IN ERETZ YISROEL. THEIR TRAGEDIES, TRIUMPHS, SORROWS AND JOYS, AND THE HEROINE'S PROFOUND LOVE FOR THE HOLY CITY, CREATE AN IMAGE OF AN ANCIENT LAND RISING FROM SLUMBER TO SPLENDOR. © 1995
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8235
LATIN AMERICAN JEWISH TALES
GROSSER NAGARAJAN, NADIA
BARBARA FERBER
THESE THIRTY-FOUR TALES SPAN THE 500 YEARS OF JEWISH PRESENCE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. THE FOLKTALES AND CULTURAL ORAL NARRATIVES WERE OFTEN BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS, RECORDED NOT ONLY FROM THE ASHKENAZI PERSPECTIVE BUT FROM THE SEPHARDIC AND ORIENTAL AS WELL. LIKE DISPERSED POMEGRANATE SEEDS, ALL THE STORIES COME FROM A COMMON CLUSTER, YET EACH IS A SEPARATE KERNEL.
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1887
WAAGENAAR, SAM
RUTH HULBERT
A CONTROVERSIAL STUDY OF ROMAN JEWRY, INCLUDING THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CHURCH. INCLUDES CASES OF VATICAN ANTI-SEMITISM.
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7471
THE VATICAN'S ROLE IN THE RISE OF MODERN ANTI-SEMITISM
KERTZER, DAVID I.
A. ISLER
A GROUNDBREAKING HISTORICAL STUDY BASED ON DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY LOKCED IN THE VATICAN'S ARCHIVES: THE POPES AGAINST THE JEWS GRAPHICALLY SHOWS HOW THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HELPED MAKE THE HOLOCAUST POSSIBLE. DESPITE ITS FOCUS, THIS IS NOT AN ANTI-CATHOLIC BOOK. IT SEEKS A BALANCED JUDGEMENT AND AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE HISTORICAL FORCES THAT LED THE CHURCH ALONG THE PATH IT TOOK.
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3927
PORTAGE TO SAN CRISTOBAL OF A. H.
STEINER, GEORGE
CHARLOTTE OSTEN
A GROUP OF TOUGH YOUNG ISRAELI NAZI HUNTERS FINDS DEEP IN THE AMAZONIAN MOUNTAINS A SILENT, WIZENED OLD MAN WHO IS NONE OTHER THAN ADOLF HITLER HIMSELF.
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1259
ROTH, PHILIP
NANCY SCHIERING
A NOVEL ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT OF A YOUNG AMERICAN JEW WHO COMPLAINS THAT HE IS "LIVING IN THE MIDDLE OF A JEWISH JOKE." REMAKE OF AN EARLIER RECORDING.
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5711
PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG FORGER
AN INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF TRIUMPH OVER THE THIRD REICH
PRETZEL, MARIAN
THE AUTHOR RECALLS HIS ESCAPE FROM A POLISH LABOR CAMP IN 1941 AND HOW HE SURVIVED THE NAZI OCCUPATION AND HELPED OTHERS BY FORGING GERMAN DOCUMENTS. INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION BY SIMON WEISENTHAL, WHO PLAYED A ROLE IN PRETZEL'S ESCAPE.
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4911
JOURNALS AND NOTES OF DELMORE SCHWARTZ
POLLET, ELIZABETH, ED.
JEANNE BLUMENGARTEN
JOURNALS AND NOTES OF DELMORE SCHWARTZ
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4102
LEHMANN, MARCUS
TELLS OF TWO GERMAN-JEWISH FAMILIES CAUGHT IN THE TIDE OF REFORM IN THE 19TH CENTURY.
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8522
MISHANI, D.A.
PAUL JOHNSON
AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE IS FOUND IN A SUITCASE NEAR A DAYCARE CENTER IN A QUIET SUBURB OF TEL AVIV. A FEW HOURS LATER, A THREAT IS RECEIVED: THE SUITCASE WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING.ISRAELI DETECTIVE AVRAHAM AVRAHAM MUST STOP A CRIMINAL RUTHLESS ENOUGH TO TARGET CHILDREN.
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7409
CLASH OF CULTURES IN HEARTLAND AM
BLOOM, STEPHEN G.
JAN BURRELL
STEPHEN BLOOM SHARES HIS BIRD'S-EYE VIEW ON THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF THE LUBAVITCHERS, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH SECT, LIVING IN POSTVILLE, IOWA.
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4970
POWER AND POWERLESSNESS IN JEWISH HISTORY
BIALE, DAVID
JOYCE KARP
THIS WORK TACKLES THE MYTH OF JEWISH POLITICAL PASSIVITY BETWEEN THE FALL OF AN INDEPENDENT JEWISH COMMONWEALTH IN 70 A.D. AND THE REBIRTH OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IN 1948.
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2686
ROBERT MOSES AND THE FALL OF NEW YORK
CARO, ROBERT A.
RUBELLE. SCHAFLER
A BIOGRAPHICAL CRITIQUE OF THE MAN WHO IN FOUR DECADES AS A PUBLIC OFFICIAL BUILT MOST OF THE PARKS, BRIDGES AND HIGHWAYS IN AND AROUND NEW YORK CITY.
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3719
EIGHT STORIES FOR HANUKAH
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
SIDNEY BIEGELSON
THESE EIGHT STORIES WHICH AGAIN ARE SET IN POLAND DEMONSTRATE THE MIRACULOUS POWER OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS. WHETHER THEY ARE SUSPENSEFUL OR LIGHTHEARTED, THESE INSPIRATIONAL TALES BRING OUT THE HUMAN QUALITIES OF FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE.
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8251
POWER, FAITH, AND FANTASY
AMERICA IN THE MIDDLE EAST 1776 TO THE PRESENT
OREN, MICHAEL B
ARLENE SIMON
IN THIS ENGAGING IF UNBALANCED SURVEY, THE AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED SIX DAYS OF WAR FINDS CONTINUITY IN U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST FROM THE EARLY 19TH-CENTURY WAR AGAINST THE BARBARY PIRATES TO TODAY'S IRAQ WAR.
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7306
A GUIDE TO JEWISH WISDOM FOR EVERYDAY LIFE
WOLF, LAIBL, RABBI
TANYA ALPERT SHERMAN
PRACTICAL KABBALAH DRAWS UPON ANCIENT WISDOM BUT OFFERS A MODERN INTERPRETATION AND EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND TECHNIQUES FOR DELVING DEEPER INTO OUR SELVES AND OUR WORLD AND FOR REAPING THE BOUNTEOUS GIFTS THAT WERE ALWAYS MEANT FOR US. © 1999
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6803
A JEWISH PERSPECTIVE
LIPSITZ, GAIL JOSEPHSON
BEVERLY STERN
LIPSITZ AND HER FELLOW WORKERS AT JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES OF CENTRAL MARYLAND OFFER INSIGHT AND INFORMATION ON RAISING CHILDREN. WHILE MUCH OF THE ADVICE CAN BE USED BY ANY PARENT, LIPSITZ ADDRESSES THE PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF JEWISH PARENTS, INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON ANTI-SEMITISM AND PASSOVER. REFERENCES TO THE TORAH ABOUND. © 1997
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7587
THEONE, BODIE
EMORY THOMPSON
THIS BOOK OF THE SERIES IS AN ACCOUNT OF HARSH REALITIES OF WHAT WENT ON DURING WORLD WAR II. THE BOOK CENTERS AROUND ELISA LINDER, A HALF JEWISH VIOLINIST LIVING IN VIENNA AND JOHN MURPHY AN AMERICAN REPORTER.© 1991
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8271
A SIMON WOLFE MYSTERY
DEL BOURGO, DAVID
MD LAUFER
THE MURDER OF A UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN'S SON SENDS INSPECTOR SIMON WOLFE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A PURSUIT IN WHICH HE IS BLACKMAILED WITH HIS PAST AS AN ISRAELI ASSASSIN. WHEN INSPECTOR WOLFE FALLS IN LOVE WITH THE DEAD BOY'S PSYCHIATRIST AND MUST PROTECT HER FROM A ROGUE NAZI OPERATIVE, HE IS FORCED TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS UNCOMPROMISING NOTIONS OF JUSTICE THAT WERE FORMED WHEN HE WAS A PRISONER IN AUSCHWITZ.
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6621
KELLERMAN, FAYE
ELLEN WERTHEIM
WHEN CELEBRATED HEART SURGEON AZOR SPARKS IS MURDERED, LIEUTENANT PETER DECKER AND HIS TEAM OF DETECTIVES WORK OVERTIME TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY. THE DEEPER THEY PROBE, THE MORE MURKY THE CASE GROWS. TO FURTHER COMPLICATE THE INVESTIGATION, OLD SECRETS ARE RESURRECTED. © 1998
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8506
CHEUSE, ALAN
MAGGIE SNYDER
PRESENTING A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN GRANDMOTHER MINNIE BLOCH AND HER COMPANIONS THE AUTHOR UNFOLDS A LAYERED FAMILY PORTRAIT OF THREE GENERATIONS OF THE BLOCH FAMILY, WHOSE MEMBERS ARE COLLAPSING UNDER EVERYDAY BURDENS AND BRUTAL BETRAYALS.
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3492
RAPOPORT, NESSA
JANE N. WEISS
A YOUNG WOMAN'S STRUGGLE TO FIND BOTH GOD AND LOVE. A FIRST NOVEL WITH SPIRITUAL DEPTH AND BEAUTY.
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6701
HIGGINS, JACK
AUDREY FLAMBERG
IN HIGGINS'S LATEST THRILLER, SEAN DILLON, EX-IRA AND EX-PLO OPERATIVE NOW WITH BRITISH INTELLIGENCE, FINDS HIMSELF WORKING ON BEHALF ON THE U.S. PRESIDENT. A JEWISH EXTREMIST HAS THREATENED TO KILL PRESIDENT CAZALET'S ILLEGITIMATE DAUGHTER IF CAZALET DOESN'T AUTHORIZE BOMBING ATTACKS AGAINST IRAN, IRAQ AND SYRIA. © 1997
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7984
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE JEWS
DALIN, DAVID G.; KOLATCH, ALFRED J.
GROUP
IN CHAPTERS REPRESENTING EACH PRESIDENT FROM WASHINGTON TO CLINTON, THE AUTHORS OFFER BRIEF BIOS OF THE JEWISH CABINET MEMBERS, AMBASSADORS, AND SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO SERVED AT THE TIME. ALSO INCLUDED ARE HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS AND EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS ABOUT THE ATTITUDES AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. © 2000
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8439
A GABRIEL ALLON NOVEL
SILVA, DANIEL
LORNA KOCHE
ART RESTORER AND SEMIRELUCTANT SPY, GABRIEL, IS PULLED FROM HIS COVER TO HUNT DOWN TERRORISTS WHO HAVE COMMITTED A HORRIFIC CRIME, IN THIS CASE THE BOMBING OF THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN ROME.
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6438
PRINCE OF WEST END AVENUE
ISLER, ALAN
JAMES SPECTO
OTTO KORNER, A RETIREE IN AN UPPER MANHATTAN RETIREMENT HOME, RUMINATES ON HIS AND HIS FELLOW RETIREES' SEXUAL ESCAPADES, FEUDS AND POLITICAL DEBATES, AND FLASHBACKS TO HIS LIFE AS A YOUNG EMIGRE GERMAN POET IN ZURICH AFTER THE WAR.© 1994
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8637
GOLDMAN, WILLIAM
ABIS, BARBARA
This adventure story has everything you could want: the good guy, some bad guys, the girl, sword fighting, revenge, romance, of course a happy ending, and rodents of unusual size.
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4844
EVA VOGIEL
EVA VOGIEL
IN A QUIET ENGLISH SUBURB, SHIFRA AND HER FRIENDS TRY TO DO ALL THEY CAN FOR CHAVI MENDEL, BUT IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BACKFIRE. AND THEN AN ACCIDENT CHANGES EVERYTHING IN THIS NOVEL FOR YOUNG TEENAGERS.
